Insert for neckties



J. A. HIRSCH INSERT FOR NECKTIES Jan. 1, 1952 2 SHEETS-SHEET 1 Filed Feb. 25, 1948 IIIIIJJIIIIJIIII v Jan. 1, 1952 J. A. HIRSCH 2,580,914

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Patented Jan. 1, 1952 INSERT FOR NECKTIES Julius A. Hirsch, Chicago,- 111., assignor to Cutter- Cravat, Inc., a corporation of Illinois Application February 25, 1948, Serial No. 10,809

3 Claims. (01. 223-82) This invention is directed to inserts for neckties.

In the manufacture of neckties, the neckties are usually formed by folding a piece of necktie material into a fiat tubular formation of the desired configuration to form a face portion and a rear portion where the edges of the tie material meet and are stitched together. After a necktie is thus formed an insert of relatively rigid material having a configuration conforming to that of the tie is inserted therein and the necktie is then pressed so that it will retain its desired shape. In some instances the insert is then removed and in others the insert is left in the necktie while it is boxed and shipped to the retail store to prevent the necktie from becoming wrinkled or crushed during shipment.

The .insert is then removed from the necktie at the retail store and the necktie is ordinarily hung on a rack for displaypurposes. If the insert is not removed from the necktie it ordinarily will fall therefrom by its own weight when the necktie is hung up for display purposes or during handling thereof.

Neckties after handling or after hanging on a display rack particularly the newer style wide neckties, have a tendency to curl thereby detracting greatly from their appearance and saleability.

The principal object of this invention, therefore, is to provide an improved insert for neckties having provision for retaining the insert in the necktie to prevent curling thereof while being handled or displayed and yet which may be readily removed therefrom when desired. In carrying out this object of the invention the insert is provided with a slit for gripping the rear portion of the necktie, preferably at the meeting edges thereof, whereby the insert is retained within the necktie regardless of handling or display thereof, but which may be readily removed when desired.

Other objects and advantages of this invention will become apparent to those skilled in the art upon reference to the accompanying specification, claims, and drawings in which:

Figure 1 is a face view of a necktie having one form of the tie insert of this invention retained therein;

Figure 2 is a rear view of Fig. 1;

Figure 3 is a rear view of the necktie insert utilized in Fig. 1;

Figure 4 is a sectional view taken substantially along the line 44 of Fig. 2;

Figure 5 is a face view of a necktie having 4 another form of the insert of this invention re- 1 utilized in Fig. 5, and

Figure 8 is a sectional view taken substantially along the line 8-8 of Fig. 6.

Referring first to Figures 1 to 4 the necktie is generally designated at H) and is formed by folding a piece of necktie material into a flat tubular formation of the desired configuration to form a. face portion H and. a rear portion l2. The edges l3 and M of the necktie material meet at the rear portion and are stitched together as indicated at I5. The rear portion of the necktie including the meeting edges I3 and I4 terminate short of the face portion H and as shown in Fig. 2 the meeting edges I3 and M are substantially centrally located in the rear portion of the necktie.

The necktie insert is designated at I! and it is elongated and has a configuration corresponding to the configuration of the face portion of the necktie. The insert is made from a sheet of relatively resilient rigid material such as cardboard, plastic or the like so that it will retain its shape. Adjacent the lower portion of the insert there is provided a longitudinally and transversely extending slit l8 forming a longitudinally extending flap l9 and the slit and flap are substantially centrally located.

After the necktie has been formed, the insert is inserted within the necktie and the necktie is then pressed. After the necktie is pressed, the meeting edges 13 and H! of the rear portion 12 thereof are inserted in the slit i8 under the flap is so that the rear portion of the necktie is clamped in the slit l8 between the flap l9 and the sheet forming the insert I1. This clamping action resiliently retains the insert in the necktie until such time as it is forcibly removed. The clamping action thus afforded is sufiicient to retain the insert in the necktie during shipping, handling and displaying thereof so that wrinkling of the necktie is entirely prevented thereby adding materially to the appearance and saleability thereof. When the necktie is to be worn the insert is removed merely by slipping the same from the necktie.

Referring now to Figs. 5 to 8,. the necktie is substantially the same as that illustrated in Figs. 1 t0 4 with the exception that the meeting edges 13 and I 4 of the rear portion of the necktie are located at one side ratherthan centrally.

The insert for this form of necktie is illustrated in Fig. 7 and it includes a sheet of relatively resilient rigid material 2| having a longitudinally and transversely extending slit 22 in one side thereof to form a longitudinally extending flap 23 at one side thereof. The insert 2! is resiliently retained in the necktie by inserting the meeting edges 53 and M in the slit 22 between the flap 23 and the sheet 21. The slit 22 and flap 23 of this form of the invention operates in the same fashion as the slit l8 and flap [9 of the other form of the invention, namely, resiliently to clamp the rear portion of the necktie therebetween. The insert 2! may be utilized for the same purposes as described above in connection with the insert [1.

While for purposes of illustration two forms of this invention have been diSGIQSEdyDthGI'fOE-IHS thereof may become apparent to those skilled in the art, and therefore, this invention is to be limited only by the scope of the appended claims.

1. An insert for a necktie formed by folding a piece of material into flat tubular formation and having a face portion and a rear portion with meeting edges terminating short of the face portion comprising, an elongated sheet of relatively resilient rigid material having a configuration corresponding to the configuration of the face portion of the necktie and adapted to be inserted in the necktie, said sheet having at its lower portion at a point corresponding to the meeting edges of the rear portion of the necktie a longitudinally and transversely extending slit forming a longitudinally extending flap for receiving the meeting edges of the rear portion of the necktie and clamping the same :in the slit between the sheet and the flap resiliently to retain the insert in the necktie.

2. An insert for a necktie formed .by folding a piece of material into flat tubular formation and having a face portion and a rear portion with centrally located meeting edges terminating short of the face portion comprising, an elongated sheet of relatively resilient rigid material the rear portion of the necktie and clamping the same in the slit between the sheet and the flap resiliently to retain the insert in the necktie.

3. .An insert for a necktie formed by folding a piece of material into flat tubular formation and having .a "face portion and a rear portion with :meeting edges at one side terminating short of the face portion comprising, an elongated sheet of relatively resilient rigid material having a configuration corresponding to the configuration of the face portion of the necktie and adapted to vhe inserted in the necktie, said sheet having at its lower portion at a point corresponding to the meeting edges of the rear portion of the necktie a longitudinally and transversely extending slit entering the side thereof forming a -1ongi-' tudinally extending flap for receiving the meeting edges of the rear portion of the necktie and clamping the same .in the slit between the sheet and the flap resiliently to retain the insert in the necktie.

JULIUS vA. HIRSCH.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 2,142,618 Schreter Jan. 3, 1939 FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country Date 61036! Great Britain Oct. 20, 1948 

